BlizzCon 2013: When Cosplay Goes Mainstream

With the close of BlizzCon 2013, you are no doubt asking yourself, “Where are the costume players?” This year’s BlizzCon had tons of Cosplay participants who clearly put in tons of time creating and building their costumes. Unlike in previousyears, however, there were less “Booth Babes” – that is male and female professional models dressing in scantily-clad outfits to promote a particular product – and more homegrown, underground Cosplayers who came to play and compete.

The last time BlizzCon was in town was in 2011 well before the Syfy channel aired their documentary/reality series “Heroes of Cosplay) where the show followed the lives of 9 cosplayers. Even though there were no SyFy camera at BlizzCon, there were plenty of press and fans trying to get a glimpse of what was arguably the best collection of cosplayers to be assembled in the US.

If you want to review the last few BlizzCons to compare the, um, quality of costumes, check out the links below: